> 1) Many cable and xdsl modems now are using the DHCP protocol. I am > wondering when doing a network install from ftp.debian.org or a mirror, if > Debian can use dhcp to get on the net. I am using adsl and the only way I > can get on the net is with the dhcpcd package.
dhcp is getting moved into base and onto the boot disks for this very reason last I heard. By the time 2.1 is released this should be possible,